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Zoe Pound was founded in 1990 in response to growing attacks on Haitian Americans, initially acting as a vigilante self-defense group before morphing into a gang by the mid-1990s. [9] [10] Throughout its early years, members engaged in piracy, targeting Haitian trawlers throughout the Miami River. Any crew who resisted were often tortured and ...
With gangs controlling at least 80% of the Haitian capital, the four gang leaders are behind much of the spiraling violence, which is now spreading into the countryside, according to a new U.N ...
The decision comes at the same time the U.S. leads a struggling international effort to restore security in Haiti, where violent gangs are spreading hunger and violence, and concerns are growing ...
Since 2020, Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince has been the site of an ongoing gang war. The government of Haiti and Haitian security forces have struggled to maintain their control of Port-au-Prince amid this conflict, [1] with gangs reportedly controlling up to 90% of the city by 2023. [37]
On 1 February 2024, Joly Germine, the self-proclaimed "king" of the 400 Mawozo gang, pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to smuggling arms [20] such as "AK-47s, AR-15s, an M4 carbine rifle, an M1A rifle, and a .50 caliber rifle, described by the ATF as a military weapon," into Haiti, piloting the operation from a Haitian prison. [21]
A gruesome hours-long gang attack in Haiti a couple of days ago left dozens dead, torching homes and cars, while forcing thousands more to run for their lives, in the latest blow to a country that ...
Gangs in Haiti were targeting Americans in Port-au-Prince before the U.S. issued an ordered departure in July, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas said Monday.
Two gangs in particular were responsible, the Base 5 Secondes gang and Canaan gang, both of which were subject to the anti-gang removals by the Cabaret police. [3] The primary reason the town of Cabaret and its surrounding villages are strategic for gang interests is the presence of the Lafiteau Port, the surrounding industrial area, and the ...